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9TH CEP NATIONAL CONVENTION
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CRTC Releases Financial Results for Conventional TelevisionMAR 19, 2010
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission today released statistical and financial summaries for Canada's conventional television stations. The report provides information on the sector's profitability, revenues and expenditures for the period of September 1, 2008, to August 31, 2009.
Private broadcasters saw their total revenues shrink by 7.9%, going from $2.14 billion in 2008 to $1.97 billion in 2009. Although operating expenses were cut by 2.4%, these broadcasters lost $116.4 million before interest and taxes over the 2009 broadcast year, which resulted in a negative profit margin of 5.9%.
In 2008, private broadcasters reported profits before interest and taxes (PBIT) of$8 million and a PBIT margin of 0.4%.
Private conventional television stations experienced a decline of more than $190 million in local and national advertising sales. From 2008 to 2009, local advertising revenues decreased by 10.1% from $387.2 million to $348 million, and national advertising revenues by 10.3% from $1.47 billion to $1.32 billion.
The acquisition and production of programs represented 75.2% of all expenses, which came down from $2.1 billion in 2008 to $2 billion in 2009. Private broadcasters invested 3.3% less on Canadian programming last year, or $599.4 million compared to $619 million. In 2009, broadcasters paid $176.2 million to independent producers to acquire programming, which amounted to an increase of $30.2 million in one year.
Meanwhile, spending on foreign programming reached its highest level yet at 59% of all programming expenses, or $846.3 million. This total represented a 9.2% increase over the $775.2 million that was spent in 2008.
Spending on Canadian programming included $75.4 million for drama, $80.9 million for general interest programming, $312.1 million for news programs,$65.9 million on other information programs, $38.3 million for musical and variety shows, $3.8 million for sports programs, and $11.1 million for game shows.
In 2009, conventional television stations employed 6,747 people and paid a total of $527.6 million in salaries, whereas the previous year this sector employed 7,406 people and paid $576.9 million in salaries.
CTV and RDS To Air Closing of Paralympic GamesMAR 12, 2010
The Closing Ceremonies from the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games will be televised live in both English and French. Taking place in Whistler, BC, the Closing Ceremony will air across Canada on Sunday, March 21. in English on CTV and in French on RDS. Brian Williams will anchor for CTV alongside three-time Paralympic Games gold medallist Marni Abbott-Peter. On RDS, Claude Mailhot and Claudine Douville will host.
The Paralympic broadcasters received some criticism when it was decided not to broadcast the Opening Ceremonies live, and TV plans for the Closing Ceremonies were uncertain until the announcement of Sunday's coverage.
"Canadians have demonstrated incredible passion and support for our Paralympians as they set new standards for performance and inspiration. This final celebration brings to a close the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, an unforgettable adventure that has captivated our entire nation," said Susanne Boyce, President, Creative, Content and Channels, CTV Inc.
"CTV's commitment to live and extensive coverage has been exceptional, not only for the Olympic Games but for the Paralympic Games as well. CTV has set the benchmark for future coverage," said John Furlong, VANOC CEO. "The excitement of world class Paralympic sport has ignited again national pride and an appetite for inspirational athletic performance. Since it started on February 12th, it's been an incredible chapter in our country's history, and now, through CTV, Canadians will join us live to bid farewell to the Paralympians and to 27 days of spectacular Paralympic and Olympic winter sport."
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Employers' union-bashing tactics lead to automatic certification
TORONTO, March 12 /CNW Telbec/ - The Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) issued an important and far-reaching decision that may fundamentally change the approach employers in Ontario take to future union organizing drives.
In its March 3rd decision, the OLRB ordered automatic certification of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada after finding that the employer, Boehmer Box LP of Kitchener, threatened its employees during a CEP organizing drive, in May 2008, by directly and indirectly linking unionization with risks of plant closure and job loss.
CEP's case to the OLRB focused primarily on a series of union-bashing letters distributed by the employer in the days leading up to the representation vote.
The OLRB concluded that, as a result of the employer's misconduct, the true wishes of the employees were not likely reflected in the unsuccessful representation vote conducted on May 15, 2008. The OLRB further concluded that any other potential remedies to this violation of the Act including ordering a second representation vote, would not be sufficient to counter the effects of the employer's misconduct.
"This is a victory for the employees of Boehmer Box and for workers throughout Ontario who should be allowed to choose to form a union in their workplace free from employer threats, intimidation and coercion," says Ontario Region Administrative Vice-President Kim Ginter.
"Since the mid 1990s when the Mike Harris Conservatives declared war on workers and labour laws in Ontario, employers have become more and more outrageous in their attacks on employees attempting to unionize," says Ginter. "This decision makes it clear to employers that they can no longer cross the line and threaten the economic livelihood of their workers in order to prevent them from freely choosing for themselves, whether they wish to be represented by a union in their workplace".
For further information: Kim Ginter, (905) 678-0800, ext 260, cell: (416) 931-2379
CTV Says Nearly 6-million Viewers Watched OscarsMAR 9, 2020
CTV's broadcast of The Academy Awards is the most-watched entertainment program on Canadian television since 2004 with 5.9 million viewers (5,889,000) tuning in. Up 32% over last year's broadcast (4.47 million), The 82nd. Annual Academy Awards becomes CTV's second most-watched Oscars broadcast on record, delivering the most viewers since Titanic won Best Picture in 1998. The broadcast peaked at 7.7 million viewers at 10 p.m. ET.
More than 56% of English viewers watching television last night were watching the Oscars throughout the three-hour-and-35-minute broadcast, while 14.7 million Canadians watched some part (or all) of the show. With 10 films battling it out in the Best Picture category, Canadians stayed with the Oscars to the very end, with 5.2 million tuning into the last half-hour to see The Hurt Locker win over Avatar for Best Picture just before midnight.
March 8th is International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day (IWD) has been celebrated around the world for over 90 years
and on March 8, 1977, the United Nations established an official International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day gives us an opportunity to reflect on advances towards women’s equality and the gains we have made over the decades. Some gains over the years include: women obtaining the right to vote, achieving employment and pay equity, and obtaining paid maternity leaves. International Women’s Day provides an opportunity for women and men to join together to ca52ll for a better world for women and girls and to celebrate and support the fight for equality. One way that we can do this together as trade unionists, is to support and push forward demands for decent paying union jobs with pay equity and good benefits for both women and men. We can also lobby our government to fulfill its promises to provide a strong social safety net with programs which benefit women and their families, such as a National Childcare Program. The gains of women over the last century have been made through hard fought battles. On International Women’s Day we celebrate our strong women activists in CEP and other unions and recognize their important contribution to workers’ struggles. In closing, we wish all women in CEP all the best on International Women’s Day and encourage all CEP members to continue with the fight for equality! The Toronto International Women’s Day Parade will take place Saturday March 6, 2010 commencing at 1pm start at 252 Bloor Street West. For more information visit www.iwdtoronto.org <http://www.iwdtoronto.org>
Do You Know An Amazing Woman
We are confident that many of you know of an amazing woman that has been an inspiration to others through outstanding leadership and mentorship, by acting as a positive role model for others and for bringing forward women’s issues in the workplace. Nominating a sister in good standing for this award is a great way to recognize her hard work and dedication to CEP and more broadly to the labour movement.
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If you are a young worker, under the age of 30, and are interested in taking an active role in our
MAR 8, 2010
Olympic Broadcast Consortium To Broadcast Extensive HD Coverage of Paralympic Games
Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium will deliver a record 57 hours of high-definition television coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in English and French from March 12-21. This marks the most hours of coverage ever delivered to Canadian audiences and the first time the Paralympic Winter Games are being produced entirely in HD by a Canadian rights-holder.
The Consortium's offering includes 27 hours of coverage in English on CTV, TSN and Rogers Sportsnet as well as 30 hours of coverage in French on RDS and RIS Info Sports. Highlights include the Opening Ceremony, live coverage of Team Canada's sledge hockey games, and a daily 90-minute recap show with all of the day's highlights, results and medal standings.
"Canada's Paralympians have excelled on the world stage. They are a huge source of national pride and we know they will continue to do us proud," said Keith Pelley, President of Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium. "Along with live event coverage and highlights, we will tell the athletes' stories of determination and accomplishments, as they go for gold in 2010."
The English broadcast team for the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games features Brian Williams as host of the Opening Ceremony, Dave Randorf as play-by-play announcer for sledge hockey games with Jake Snyder and Mark Gallant as analysts, while Rob Faulds hosts the highlights show.
In French, Claude Mailhot and Claudine Douville anchor the Opening Ceremony. Douville will also provide play-by-play for sledge hockey with analyst Jonathan Plante, while Mailhot will be seen daily on the recap show.
The Consortium's coverage will also be available on TAC (The Accessible Channel), a digital television service for people who are blind, vision-impaired, deaf or hard of hearing, and on Voiceprint, an audio newsstand that broadcasts top stories from Canadian newspapers and magazines into Canadian homes.
In addition to television, the Consortium's multi-platform coverage includes radio, print and two dedicated websites - CTVParalympics.ca and RDSparalympiques.ca, which will provide news, results, photos, features and the broadcast schedule.
The Consortium's radio partners, Rogers Radio and Corus Québec, will provide regular updates and highlights throughout the Paralympic Games. The Globe and Mail, the Consortium's national print partner, will produce a special eight-page section on the Paralympic Games, available on newsstands March 11. This stand-alone section will highlight the accomplishments of Paralympians and include athlete profiles and features, as well as Canada's standings and medal counts from previous Games.
MAR 3, 2010
Rogers Gets Nod for New National Sports Channel
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC, or the Commission) has approved an application from Rogers Communications to operate a new service called Rogers' Mainstream Sports Specialty Service.
The national English langauge service will focus on coverage of major professional sports leagues, including games from the NHL, MLB and UEFA, the licence stipulates.
Under terms of the approval, the licensee may provide multiple feeds. The channel can carry no more than 12 minutes of commercials per hour, which must be national paid advertising.
There were no interventions to the application, the CRTC noted.
MAR 1, 2020
Vancouver Olympics Set New Standards for TV, Online Coverage
Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium is celebrating a new standard of its own this morning, with reports that 99% of the Canadian population experienced the 2010 Winter Games through at least one of its media platforms.
The percentage figure represents 33,148,000 Canadians who sampled Consortium coverage on television, online, in print or on radio over the past 16 days. The reach of the Games grew by 27%, or some 7 million additional Canadians, from the Day 1 figure of 26 million.
The Consortium's online portals, CTVOlympics.ca and RDSolympiques.ca, surpassed 200 million page views, figures indicate.
Called the CUME index, for Canadian Unique Multimedia Engagement, the figure reflects the cumulative reach of all Canadians that engage with the major media platforms offered by the Consortium. CUME is a calibrated summary of established audience measurement systems for television, online, radio, and print.
Day 16 Average Audiences
OLYMPIC MORNING / LE RÉVEIL OLYMPIQUE 1.3 million
OLYMPIC DAYTIME / JEUX OLYMPIQUES EN JOURNÉE 4.5 million
OLYMPIC PRIME TIME /
JEUX OLYMPIQUES AUX HEURES DE GRANDE ÉCOUTE 6 million
Additional Day 16 Highlights - Television
§ The Men's Curling gold medal game was the #1 sporting event of the day with 6.9 million viewers. Now one of the Top 10 sporting events of the Games, the match peaked at 11 million viewers in the final minute. Nearly 17 million viewers watched some part of the event, while an average of 785,000 viewers watched on RDS.
§ The PGS medal round in Men's Snowboard averaged 2.75 million viewers, with 5.3 million viewers watching Canada's Jasey-Jay Anderson awarded gold.
§ OLYMPIC MORNING averaged 1.3 million viewers, 25% above its average daily audience. On CTV, the morning program drew 718,000 viewers, the most yet.
§ The bronze medal Men's Hockey game between Finland and Slovakia averaged 1.3 million viewers on TSN.
§ On Rogers Sportsnet, the top event was the Figure Skating exhibition gala, with 1.3 million viewers. An additional 27,000 watched the event in Ukrainian on OMNI.1, while 22,000 watched in Mandarin on OMNI.2, OMNI AB and OMNI BC.
§ JEUX OLYMPIQUES AUX HEURES DE GRANDE ÉCOUTE delivered 791,000 viewers for V/CPAC, RDS and RIS Info Sports, while JEUX OLYMPIQUES EN JOURNÉE was watched by 805,000 viewers.
Additional Day 16 Highlights - Online
§ On Day 16, CTVOlympics.ca and RDSolympiques.ca reached a Games-to-date total of 200 million page views.
§ Day 16 saw more than 1.5 million daily unique visitors to the sites.
§ Top on demand videos for Day 16 include Men's Hockey semifinal CAN/SVK highlights, Jasey Jay Anderson's gold medal race in Men's Snowboard PGS, Hamelin's gold medal in 500m Short Track Speed Skating, Men's 5000m Short Track Speed Skating Relay gold medal races, and for the 10th day straight, Women's Hockey CAN/SWE highlights.
§ Joannie Rochette remained the most-viewed athlete on Day 16, along with Canadian curling skips, silver medalist Cheryl Bernard and gold medalist Kevin Martin. Gold medal winning snowboarder Jasey-Jay Anderson and figure skating Gold Medalist Yu-Na Kim round out the top spots.
§ There have been more than 17,000 interactions on the CTV Olympics Facebook fan page this week.
Top Five Television Events - Day 16
Total Viewers Event Time (PT) Channels
1. 6.9 million Men's Curling: CAN/NOR 15:05 CTV, RDS, APTN
2. 2.8 million Snowboard: Men's PGS Medal Round 12:15 CTV, V/CPAC, RDS
3. 2.4 million Speed Skating: Men's Team Pursuit Finals 12:52 CTV, Sportsnet, RDS
4. 2.3 million Men's Slalom: 1st Run 10:00 CTV, V/CPAC
5. 2 million Men's Hockey: FIN/SVK 19:05 CTV, V/CPAC, TSN
Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium is delivering 4,800 total hours of coverage from the 2010 Winter Games. Every second of Olympic Games competition will be available live on one of the Consortium's platforms - CTV, V (and CPAC), Rogers Sportsnet, TSN, RDS, RIS Info Sports, OMNI, OLN, APTN, ATN, CTVOlympics.ca and RDSolympiques.ca.
For detailed information about CUME visit CTVMedia.ca/Olympics and CTVMedia.ca/olympiques.
Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium brought together leading media conglomerates CTV Inc. and Rogers Media Inc., which together provided unprecedented coverage and consumer choice in English, French and multi-languages on multiple platforms for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and the London 2012 Games of the Olympiad.
Official brands include CTV, TSN, RDS, RIS Info Sports, Rogers Sportsnet, OMNI, OLN, V, APTN, ATN, CTVOlympics.ca, RDSolympiques.ca, The Globe and Mail, Corus Québec and select Rogers radio stations across the country.
Sources
Television: BBM Canada, with software by BBM Analytics and Nielsen Media Research
Online: Omniture unless otherwise indicated
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